35 occurrences

'Hand' in the Bible

And the Lord God said, "Now that the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil, he must not be allowed to stretch out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever."

Verse ConceptsGarden Of Eden, TheKnowledge, Of SinKnowledge Of Good And EvilUniquenessGod, TrinityImmortality, In OtSeeking LifeMetaphorical TreesArrogantly Like GodGraspingKnowing Right And WrongMen As GodsNot For EverPeople With Knowledgepotentialautonomy

So now, you are banished from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.

Verse ConceptsAbel and CainHuman Blood ShedOther References To Mouths

The dove could not find a resting place for its feet because water still covered the surface of the entire earth, and so it returned to Noah in the ark. He stretched out his hand, took the dove, and brought it back into the ark.

Verse ConceptsFeetStretching OutNot Being StillFeet In ActionNot StillNoah's Flood

But Abram replied to the king of Sodom, "I raise my hand to the Lord, the Most High God, Creator of heaven and earth, and vow

Verse ConceptsPromises, HumanGod On HighAll Things Belong To God

When Lot hesitated, the men grabbed his hand and the hands of his wife and two daughters because the Lord had compassion on them. They led them away and placed them outside the city.

Verse Conceptsdelay, humanHandsHesitationSafetyUnbelief, As Response To GodGod's Mercy, Example OfOutside The CityPulling PeopleTaking By The HandPeople Who DelayedBringing People Out Of Other PlacesGod Showed Mercy

Get up! Help the boy up and hold him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation."

Verse ConceptsTaking By The Hand

He replied, "You must take these seven ewe lambs from my hand as legal proof that I dug this well."

Verse ConceptsAnimals, Types OfExcavationThings As Witnesses

Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and put it on his son Isaac. Then he took the fire and the knife in his hand, and the two of them walked on together.

Verse ConceptsAbrahamKnifesGoing TogetherBurning SacrificesFirewoodCarrying Other Loads

Then Abraham reached out his hand, took the knife, and prepared to slaughter his son.

Verse ConceptsAbrahamKnivesStretching OutKilling Sons And Daughters

Abraham said to his servant, the senior one in his household who was in charge of everything he had, "Put your hand under my thigh

Verse ConceptsThighsinvesting

So the servant placed his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and gave his solemn promise he would carry out his wishes.

Verse ConceptsServants, GoodThighsSwearing Oaths

When his brother came out with his hand clutching Esau's heel, they named him Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when they were born.

Verse ConceptsHeelsGraspingPeople With Apt NamesTwin Brothers

Rescue me, I pray, from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid he will come and attack me, as well as the mothers with their children.

Verse ConceptsRest, PhysicalKilling Whole FamiliesFear Of IndividualsPeople Attacking Their OwnMotherhood

"No, please take them," Jacob said. "If I have found favor in your sight, accept my gift from my hand. Now that I have seen your face and you have accepted me, it is as if I have seen the face of God.

Verse ConceptsHeavenly FacesSmiling

Reuben continued, "Don't shed blood! Throw him into this cistern that is here in the wilderness, but don't lay a hand on him." (Reuben said this so he could rescue Joseph from them and take him back to his father.)

Verse ConceptsSheddingReinstating PeopleIndividuals Saving Others

Come, let's sell him to the Ishmaelites, but let's not lay a hand on him, for after all, he is our brother, our own flesh." His brothers agreed.

Verse ConceptsCommerceSame Bone And Flesh

He said, "What pledge should I give you?" She replied, "Your seal, your cord, and the staff that's in your hand." So he gave them to her and had sex with her. She became pregnant by him.

Verse ConceptsSealsStaffConceptionCords

While she was giving birth, one child put out his hand, and the midwife took a scarlet thread and tied it on his hand, saying, "This one came out first."

Verse ConceptsCrimsonBeing FirstMidwifeStretching OutFirstborn SonsCordsRed Cordsstories

But then he drew back his hand, and his brother came out before him. She said, "How you have broken out of the womb!" So he was named Perez.

Verse ConceptsThe Act Of OpeningOpening The WombPeople With Apt Names

Afterward his brother came out -- the one who had the scarlet thread on his hand -- and he was named Zerah.

Verse ConceptsCordsRed Cords

She grabbed him by his outer garment, saying, "Have sex with me!" But he left his outer garment in her hand and ran outside.

Verse ConceptsCloaksInvitationsGoing OutsideAbandoning ThingsGraspingSexual Union IntendedOutside The HousesexResisting Temptation

When she saw that he had left his outer garment in her hand and had run outside,

Verse ConceptsGoing OutsideAbandoning ThingsOutside The House

Now Pharaoh's cup was in my hand, so I took the grapes, squeezed them into his cup, and put the cup in Pharaoh's hand."

Verse ConceptsPressingProviding Wine

In three more days Pharaoh will reinstate you and restore you to your office. You will put Pharaoh's cup in his hand, just as you did before when you were cupbearer.

Verse ConceptsReinstatementRestorationLifting HeadsReinstating People

He restored the chief cupbearer to his former position so that he placed the cup in Pharaoh's hand,

Verse ConceptsCupbearerReinstating People

Then Pharaoh took his signet ring from his own hand and put it on Joseph's. He clothed him with fine linen clothes and put a gold chain around his neck.

Verse ConceptsFingersNecksequipping, physicalClothingChainsGoldLinenOrnamentsRingsRobesSeals

Pharaoh also said to Joseph, "I am Pharaoh, but without your permission no one will move his hand or his foot in all the land of Egypt."

Verse ConceptsThis Is MeAuthority Delegated To People

But Joseph said, "Far be it from me to do this! The man in whose hand the cup was found will become my slave, but the rest of you may go back to your father in peace."

Verse ConceptsBeing Found OutExemptFar Be It!

The time for Israel to die approached, so he called for his son Joseph and said to him, "If now I have found favor in your sight, put your hand under my thigh and show me kindness and faithfulness. Do not bury me in Egypt,

Verse ConceptsKindnessLoyaltyA Time To DieThighsNearness Of DeathDeath Will Soon HappenImmigrants

Joseph positioned them; he put Ephraim on his right hand across from Israel's left hand, and Manasseh on his left hand across from Israel's right hand. Then Joseph brought them closer to his father.

Israel stretched out his right hand and placed it on Ephraim's head, although he was the younger. Crossing his hands, he put his left hand on Manasseh's head, for Manasseh was the firstborn.

Verse ConceptsFirstbornHandsLaying On Of HandsFirstborn SonsHands On HeadsLeft HandsLaying On Hands To HealBlessings For The Right Hand

When Joseph saw that his father placed his right hand on Ephraim's head, it displeased him. So he took his father's hand to move it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's head.

Verse ConceptsHands On HeadsBlessings For The Right HandTroubling Individuals

Joseph said to his father, "Not so, my father, for this is the firstborn. Put your right hand on his head."

Verse ConceptsFirstborn SonsHands On HeadsLaying On Hands To HealDissentBlessings For The Right Hand

Judah, your brothers will praise you. Your hand will be on the neck of your enemies, your father's sons will bow down before you.

Verse ConceptsBowingCommendationSalutationsOvercoming EnemiesShowing Forth His Praiseserenity

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